HUMBLE, Texas – Last year, Beau Hossler could only watch as Ian Poulter sunk a winning birdie putt on the Golf Club of Houston’s 18th green to win the Houston Open and punch a ticket to the Masters. Moments earlier, Hossler, then a rookie playing in his first PGA Tour playoff, had thinned his greenside bunker shot into the water.
Much has changed since that day. Hossler is no longer a rookie, having survived a difficult season by retaining his Tour card via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. The tournament has moved to the fall. The course has different grass, switching from ryegrass to Bermuda.